MA Program in Art History

Summary of Master's Degree Requirements:

A. European & American art history candidates should complete

1. 30 graduate hours (i.e., 500 or higher level courses), with an overall GPA of 3.0 or better. These hours are to include:
a. One 3-hour course in each of the following areas: Ancient/Medieval, Renaissance/Baroque, and Modern/American.

b. 15 hours of 600 or higher seminars, 6 hours of which must be taken at the 800 level or higher. Asian students 9 hours of 600 or 700. 2. One 3-hour non-Western course. This course may be numbered below 500 (i.e., an undergraduate course), but only if it is at the 500 level or above will it count towards the 30 hours required in A.1.

B. Asian art history candidates should complete:

Balanced distribution of 500 or higher level courses in Chinese and Japanese art.

6 hours of 600 or 700 level seminars
6 hours of 800 or 900 level seminars

C. Pass the Master's degree comprehensive exam.

Students must complete all M.A. requirements, including the 30 hours of coursework, by the end of the term in which they take the M.A. exams.

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